Software Engineer II

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Meridianlink
Published
May 8, 2026
Location
United Kingdom
Job Type

Software Engineer II: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role: A mid-level software developer responsible for designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining the company’s software systems throughout the full development lifecycle.
  • The Person: The person will design and implement software system architectures, develop and document applications, test and deploy code, monitor and debug systems, and provide technical guidance to development teams.
  • Requirements: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 2-4 years experience, exposure to version control (Git), familiarity with Agile/Scrum concepts, and familiarity with AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot is a plus.

Job Description

Job Summary

Join our innovation team as a Software Engineer II, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping innovative software solutions that drive our company forward. The Software Engineer II is responsible for the development and maintenance of the company’s software products. This role involves designing, developing, documenting, testing, deploying, monitoring, and debugging both new and existing software systems and applications. The engineer will act as a technical expert on development projects and participate in the full software development life cycle, including requirements analysis and design.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop the overall structure of software systems and applications to meet business needs, both in the cloud and on-premises.

  • Provide ongoing guidance on business domain knowledge and product architecture.

  • Utilize tools and methodologies to create functional representations and user interfaces for desired products.

  • Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and processes to ensure the highest quality product platform, presenting insights to senior team members.

  • Ensure the security, performance, manageability, quality, and consistency of the software architecture across the system, offering technical guidance to development teams.

  • Conduct research, gather information, interpret data, identify requirements, and develop effective solutions.

Qualifications: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 2-4 years of relevant experience, or equivalent work experience.

  • Ability to determine a course of action based on established guidelines, modifying processes and methods as necessary.

  • Genuine passion for software development and curiosity to keep learning

  • Exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to identify appropriate actions.

  • Strong interpersonal skills to build productive internal and external working relationships, collaboratively resolving mutual problems.

  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and ask good questions

  • Exposure to version control (Git)

  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum concepts

  • Familiarity with AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, etc.) is a plus

  • Finance or fintech background is a plus but not required

Key Skills
? Key Skills in dark blue have been inferred based on similar industry roles
Agile / Scrum Cloud Platforms (aws/azure/gcp) Restful Apis Unit Testing CI/CD Docker Monitoring/logging (e.g. Prometheus ELK) Git Agile Scrum Fintech

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